Chihuahuan Desert

Getting on the Same Page for Bird Conservation

Have you ever wondered how bird conservation is coordinated across organizations and spatial scales? OK, maybe not, but imagine for a moment if it wasn’t....

Winter Grassland Bird Tagging in Far West Texas

Update from the field! Seasonal Bird Conservancy banders are working in the Chihuahuan Desert this winter to tag non-breeding grassland birds for our Motus project....

Conservation in a Bilingual Landscape

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies implements wintering grassland bird monitoring throughout the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico and the southern United States. The data we...

Champions for Grasslands

The cultural heritage of those that tend the land and call it home—from ranchers to Indigenous Peoples to ejidos—is closely tied to the fate of...

Return of the Aplomado Falcon?

The Chihuahuan Desert population of Northern Aplomado Falcon shrunk dramatically a century ago and was lost from the southwestern U.S. A tiny population survived in...

Using Technology to Track Grassland Bird Migration

Little is known about grassland birds during migration. Automated radio telemetry through the Motus Wildlife Tracking System can help us understand bird movement during this...

Grassland Birds of the Trans-Pecos

Grassland bird populations are declining and the majority of species are understudied on their wintering grounds. In the winter of 2020, we implemented a regional...

Sweet song of the Prairie Skylark

The Sprague’s Pipit is a charismatic songbird of North American grasslands. If you’ve ever wandered the Northern Great Plains in summer, you’ve probably heard their...

Snow Birds and School Groups

Nineteen Mennonite students from Cuauhtémoc recently joined us in the field and experienced a day in the life of bird biologists. Representing a vital piece...

Fantastic Field Season at Soapstone Prairie

After several weeks of intensive nest searching and observation, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies has confirmed that Baird's Sparrows are actively breeding at Soapstone Prairie...

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